books about: contraptions

books about: contraptions

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Contraptions

Make 50 Wild and Wacky (but Useful!) Contraptions

Robert Brandt, Eric Chaline

Collins, 2008

Should be called - Make 10 Wild and Wacky (but useless) ...
I really wanted to like this book because I have always been fascinated by Rube Goldberg type contraptions. But sadly, this book falls far short in many ways. First, the title is misleading. There are basically 10 contraptions with 5 variations of each. For example, ...

Device Volume 1 - Fantastic Contraption
Gregory Brotherton, Ashley Wood, ...

Idea & Design Works Llc, 2008

An international group of contemporary artists whose work embodies the genius of invention and creativity have been bought together by Device Gallery to exhibit their most Fantastic Contraptions, creating a remarkable collection of curious things.

Analytical Anthology of Music

Ralph Turek

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1992

Analytical Anthology of Music by Ralph Turek
This is a great overview of printed scores from all the periods of music history beginning with the Medieval Chant to 1979. Each score is in its entirety or is an important section of a piece. The pieces contained within are quintessential pieces by each composer, ...

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions: A Lego Inventions Book (Klutz)

Dan Rathjen

Klutz Press, 1998

legos to go
My ten year old loves legos ... and I love peace and quiet in the car! This product worked out great as a "trip treat", the bag was great so he could keep track of them. We use an aluminum cake pan with a plastic cover for a lego desk/holder in the car, but the book ...

Ingenious Gadgets: Guess the Obscure Purpose of Over 100 Eccentric Contraptions

Maurice Collins

David & Charles, 2005

A Fun Look at Some Really Weird Contraptions!
Originally published in England, this book showcases 100+ weird and wacky - and sometimes, really nifty - gadgets from the last 100 years. Nuts-and-bolts fans and antiquers will love this book; it's a hoot! Paging through this book is like stepping back into ...

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions (Klutz)

Klutz, 2008

LEGO® Crazy Action Contraptions is a brand-new book of brand-new, high-performance projects. From the Supercharged Speedster to the Squeezeclaw Grabber to the Wall Rocket Racer ? all these contraptions spin, stretch, speed, or spring into action. And all of them are totally buildable thanks to super-clear instructions and step-by-step diagrams. ...

Making Marble-Action Games, Gadgets, Mazes & Contraptions: Designs for 10 Outlandish, Ingenious and Intricate ...

Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater

Stackpole Books, 1999

OK for ideas, but not for projects
I was disappointed as well. I expected projects I could build, but nothing struck me as worth the time. The basic ideas are OK, marble rollers, and so on. But I would only use this stuff as a departure point for my own designs.

Eccentric Contraptions: and Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamabobs

Maurice Collins, Ian Kearey

David & Charles Publishers, 2004

A good coffee table book
Actually I bought this book as a gift to my brother. After flipping through the pages, I decided to read it cover to cover. It's a very interesting and easy read. You can finish it in a couple hours. What I did was I looked at the picture and tried to guess what the ...

Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions That Work (& Knowing Why) (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

Jill Frankel Hauser

Williamson Publishing Company, 1999

Great Intro to Physics!
My nine year old son loves this book! It has some great projects to do (using easy-to-find materials) while also introducing famous scientists and scientific principles like the laws of motion. We were following the The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical ...

Kid Concoctions & Contraptions

John E. Thomas, Danita Thomas

Kid Concoctions Company, 2001

Great Science Projects!
Great science projects. We made the hover craft and had hover craft races with my sons 4th grade class. The kids learned about science and had a wonderful time. This is my sons favorite book....and mine too.

Action Contraptions: Easy-To-Make Toys That Really Move
Mary Blocksma, Dewey Blocksma, ...

Prentice Hall, 1988

Presents instructions for making cars, trucks, and other toys out of materials found around the house.

The Grand Contraption: The World as Myth, Number, and Chance

David Park

Princeton University Press, 2005

David Park Hits a Cosmic and Historical Homerun
The Grand Contraption is easy to read. Professor Park never spends too much time on any of the subparts of his story of how we humnan beings have conceived of the universe's structure, beginning, and future. The concepts of time and space are addressed throughout. ...

Contraptions
Heath Robinson

Overlook Hardcover, 2007

Here is a splendid treasury, the definitive volume of the comic fantasies of the great English artist William Heath Robinson, whose name passed into the English language during his lifetime. In America, we have the "Rube Goldberg devices;" in England, they call them "Heath Robinson contraptions." Robinson's elementary mechanical world is ...

Kid Concoctions, Creations & Contraptions
Robynne Eagan

Teaching & Learning Company, 2005

Is learning an exciting activity in your classroom? It will be if you use the creative ideas in this book! Your students will investigate, create and discover while acquiring knowledge and skills in all areas of the curriculum. The open-ended learning activities give students opportunities to explore scientific concepts through active ...

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions
Don Ratjhen

Klutz, 1999

LEGO Crazy Action Contraptions is a brand-new book of brand-new, high-performance projects. From the Supercharged Speedster to the Squeezeclaw Grabber to the Wall Rocket Racer all these contraptions spin, stretch, speed, or spring into action. And all of them are totally buildable thanks to super-clear instructions and step-by-step diagrams. ...